Need help with this fear I have

[Grace360]

I thought I made a post about this but I didn't, so. Here I am. I need to.. get out of this. It's making everyone in my house angry. Rightfully so I guess. So I just need to get over this fear.

So part of my irrational fears is fear of getting poisoned. And that goes for literally drinking water. Like bottles of water. I'll drink a few sips of water at night, wake up, and now that bottle of water is tainted. My mind is telling me either someone broke in and poisoned it, or maybe someone in my house poisoned me. So that starts the vicious cycle. I have like 10-12 bottles of water in my room. And almost all of them are barely drank and my mind will just refuse to go back to it. Even more so if its an older bottle of water. Then in my mind the chances it was poisoned just gets higher. So now I'm stuck and I don't know how to get over this fear. But I need to. If anyone could help me, I would appreciate it. I was trying to do it myself but it's just not working.

 

[E.B]

It's funny how coming on here you find those who have battled what you have battled in the past or current. All i can say is that i have dealt with that and still do to a certain degree. Only thing that i can say that may help is to confirm that it is irrational

 

[Grace360]

It's funny how coming on here you find those who have battled what you have battled in the past or current. All i can say is that i have dealt with that and still do to a certain degree. Only thing that i can say that may help is to confirm that it is irrational

Wow. I honestly didn't expect anyone else here on this forum to have this fear. I thought I was literally just one oddball here. I'm glad I found this community. My fears are irrational but some people go through the same things.

 

[bigjetplane6]

Wow. I honestly didn't expect anyone else here on this forum to have this fear. I thought I was literally just one oddball here. I'm glad I found this community. My fears are irrational but some people go through the same things.

This community is amazing.

 

[Fraser]

It is great that you can talk to people there about this issue. I'd also say that it sounds like you would benefit considerably from talking to a mental health professional about your concerns. CBT therapy in particular can go a long way to improving this issue for you. Is that something you have access to?

 

[JustMe]

I thought I made a post about this but I didn't, so. Here I am. I need to.. get out of this. It's making everyone in my house angry. Rightfully so I guess. So I just need to get over this fear.

So part of my irrational fears is fear of getting poisoned. And that goes for literally drinking water. Like bottles of water. I'll drink a few sips of water at night, wake up, and now that bottle of water is tainted. My mind is telling me either someone broke in and poisoned it, or maybe someone in my house poisoned me. So that starts the vicious cycle. I have like 10-12 bottles of water in my room. And almost all of them are barely drank and my mind will just refuse to go back to it. Even more so if its an older bottle of water. Then in my mind the chances it was poisoned just gets higher. So now I'm stuck and I don't know how to get over this fear. But I need to. If anyone could help me, I would appreciate it. I was trying to do it myself but it's just not working.

I had this exact fear when I was younger. I wouldn't touch anything unless I specifically opened it. Forget about eating out or using a drinking fountain. I didn't trust anyone near anything I would eat or drink. I guess I slowly gradually got over it. Now if I ever go to a bar I order a bottle of bear and open it myself or bottles of water vecause I don't trust those kinds of places. I can now eat out and get a soda but still won't touch a water fountain.

 

[Grace360]

I had this exact fear when I was younger. I wouldn't touch anything unless I specifically opened it. Forget about eating out or using a drinking fountain. I didn't trust anyone near anything I would eat or drink. I guess I slowly gradually got over it. Now if I ever go to a bar I order a bottle of bear and open it myself or bottles of water vecause I don't trust those kinds of places. I can now eat out and get a soda but still won't touch a water fountain.

Haha, I'm the opposite. I'm not afraid of things that everyone eats. Like water fountains and eating out. I figure if I get poisoned so does everyone else, and then boom lawsuit. Also why I wasn't afraid of school lunch. But anything that's only mine like water I get so afraid of someone tampering with it. That's why I always have to have it in my line of sight or else I'm apprehensive.

 

[bigjetplane6]

Haha, I'm the opposite. I'm not afraid of things that everyone eats. Like water fountains and eating out. I figure if I get poisoned so does everyone else, and then boom lawsuit. Also why I wasn't afraid of school lunch. But anything that's only mine like water I get so afraid of someone tampering with it. That's why I always have to have it in my line of sight or else I'm apprehensive.

Oh anxiety.... Lol.